Meeting Notes
Date: 01.09.2020
Attendees: Trevor, Brandon, Jay, Alex (Remote), Aaron (Remote)
Meeting Opener/Land Recognition: Brandon - A great recognition of the watersheds of Wallingford where we are meeting at. And the indigenous names of the local bodies of water. (Lake Union, Green Lake, Sammamish, Duwamish & Green)
Recap: Aaron presented an offer from Dog House Leathers to use their meeting room for Cascadia events for free.
Jay is feeling better after the NYE plague. Brandon also caught the plague, but is starting to feel better.
Trevor has been working on a “2019 in Review” for the State of Cascadia
Jay has been working on data for the State of Cascadia
Branon has been working on bioregional mapping.
Aaron has been looking around the parking lot and is looking forward to events in 2020, and would love to analyze which events we should have this upcoming year. Also, thinking about how we get out information.
Alex has mainly been working on the Chinook Wawa and website updates. Lots of going for Wikiwalks and Google Translate to get more information about the other separatist movements.
Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020…
Jay: Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 there was an official printed Cascadia Voting Pamphlet that folx could return to us with a vote/State of Cascadia?
Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 there was a Cascadian Arts Festival?
Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 there was a Cascadian Quilt Festival?
Aaron: Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 there was more outreach to through specific communication and documentation channels.
Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 Greta Thurnberg named Cascadia the coolest place on the planet.
Alex: Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 there was a Cascadia centric take on the news cycles. A stronger focus away from the corporate news cycle.
Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 if the Cascadia movement doesn’t lose steam after the general election.
Brandon: Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020..
More Cascadian brands
DOB as a platform (governmental body) to get people active.
Restart the Yes Cascadia Page / Campaign to get
Cascadia Bioregional Party / Direct Democracy, Bioregionalism
Cascadia Upraising / More platform
Cascadia Underground / Media Outlet, Print Journal
Cascadia Study Group
Trevor: Wouldn’t it be skookum if in 2020 we successfully had more video/audio media going out.
Updates from Brandon:
Mighty Network hosting our own social media network. Researching participatory platforms
Something we do as a kickstarter every quarter.
Brandon going to Sacramento for the CalExit conference. Weekend of February 3rd.
Doing a bioregional mapping project with his Mom; a bioregional atlas of Vashon. Launch on March 15th.
Meeting with Judy at the Planet Drum foundation.
Cosmopolis property got the grant for the culvert removal.
Working with a group of organizers for an event in Tacoma around the Art of Resistance. This will be sometime in October.
Start doing a regional organizing conference calls. Start a delegative system/spokes council. Have another call for new members. Aaron would like to collaborate around how to make new members feel welcome.
